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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by anticensor on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:43PM (#37071673)
Some executives are themselves shareholders and want to pay themselves twice.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by eru on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:50PM (#37071725)
Yes, but in that case it doesn't matter, a dollar is a dollar and they can't make extra dollars this way.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by liquidjems on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:22AM (#37075822)
The different tax treatments of the two suggests otherwise.
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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by eru on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:16AM (#37076447)
Giving money to shareholders via buybacks is typically taxed less than giving money to executives.
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